Shows at Gilded Balloon at the Museum

The Political Party With Matt Forde

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
13th - 19th Aug 2024

Following ten years of sold-out shows in London’s West End, Matt Forde (Spitting Image, The Last Leg) returns to Edinburgh for two live podcasts.

The Guilty Feminist

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
12th - 14th Aug 2024

The live comedy podcasting phenomenon is back.

Comedy Night at the Museum

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
9th - 24th Aug 2024

Join the greatest comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arteFACT and arteFICTION in a wholly improvised set, prompted by genuine artefacts housed in the Nat…

Mark Black and the Ewart Bros: The Drink. The Drugs. The Scratchcairds. Podcast Live!

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
7th - 14th Aug 2024

Boom wer on! With guests, naughty and nice, Mr English will host former serial killers, gangsters, as well as facing his own demons through a spiritual journey live on stage.

I Wish My Life Were Like a Musical

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
2nd - 25th Aug 2024

The award-winning musical comedy revue revealing all about musicals and the people who love them – on both sides of the curtain.

Friend (The One With Gunther)

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
1st - 25th Aug 2024

One barista, 10 seasons, 70 minutes! All 236 episodes of Friends retold through the eyes of Gunther, Central Perk’s “seventh Friend”.

Christopher Hall: Girl For All Seasons

Christopher Hall may have started out as a social media star, but he has really earned his stand-up credentials in the past few years, and it's wonderful to see his confidence …

Primary School Assembly Bangers Live!

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
31st Jul - 17th Aug 2024

Join James for an hour of pure nostalgia, stepping back in time with some joyous singalong tunes to take you back to your Primary School days.

Mhairi Black: Politics Isn't For Me

Straight from the benches of parliament, Mhairi Black brings her debut hour Politics Isn’t For Me to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Almost Impossible: Martin Brock

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024

Fresh from the USA/Australia tour, Almost Impossible promises an immersive experience for all ages.

Maths at the Museum

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
4th - 15th Aug 2023

Award-winning entertainer Kyle D Evans leads a frantic hour of mind-blowing maths for children and their families.

Yippee Ki Yay the Die Hard Parody

Die Hard has long been a pop culture and Christmas movie stalwart, garnering a large swath of fans across generations.

I Wish My Life Were Like a Musical

This is the definitive piece of musical theatre for musical theatre lovers.

Friend (The One with Gunther)

A lot of laughs and refreshingly comfortable seating await you at Friend (The One with Gunther), playing at the Gilded Balloon at the Museum.

Attenborough and His Animals

Clownfish Theatre’s Jonathon Tilley and Jess Clough-Macrae overact the premise of this kid-friendly show, to the delight of kids and grown-ups alike.

Smashing Shakespeare

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
2nd - 15th Aug 2023

Primary Times Children’s Choice Award Winner! Musical-comedy versions of Shakespeare’s greatest works, Brave Macbeth and Juliet & Her Romeo.

The Kinsey Sicks: Drag Queen Storytime Gone Wild!

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
2nd - 27th Aug 2023

America’s most potty-mouthed and politically outspoken drag a cappella quartet escaped the morality police in the US.

Robin Ince – Weapons of Empathy

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
2nd - 27th Aug 2023

Award-winning comedian and bibliomaniac, Robin Ince, takes audiences on a celebratory tour of the places books can take us, and of the ideas that can make wonder and widen the sky.

Spontaneous Sherlock

One performance only! The team behind Spontaneous Potter bring back their original Fringe hit, Spontaneous Sherlock! An award-winning, entirely improvised Sherlock Holmes comedy pl…

Spontaneous Potter Kidz: The Unofficial Improvised Parody

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
24th Aug 2022

Grab your wands, don your house robes, and apparate yourselves to the box office! The smash-hit show Spontaneous Potter Kidz is an entirely improvised wizarding comedy show, based …

Lynn Ferguson's Storyland

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
20th - 28th Aug 2022

Award-winning writer, performer, Moth host, professional show-off and voice of Scottish plasticine chicken, Lynn, with the help of her celebrity guests, shows how the casual tales …

Leah MacRae Weighs In

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
20th - 28th Aug 2022

Fringe favourite Leah, the wee powerhouse from Glasgow, is back with this brand-new show.

Comedy Night at the Museum

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
18th - 28th Aug 2022

Join the greatest comedians from across the globe as they blur the line between arte-fact and arte-fiction in a wholly improvised set, prompted by genuine artefacts housed in the N…

Ferguson, Harrington, Hawkes Podcast

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
17th - 19th Aug 2022

Live podcast with celebrity guests! Join Lynn (Scottish and mouthy) Neil (quiet and brooding) and the one and only Chesney Hawkes (frankly adorable) for chat, live music, temporary…

Lost Voice Guy: Cerebral LOLsy

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
15th - 28th Aug 2022

Following a sell-out UK tour, Lost Voice Guy returns to Edinburgh with his brand-new show.

Paul Zerdin: Hands Free

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
11th - 17th Aug 2022

The America’s Got Talent winner brings his latest smash-hit show to Edinburgh for the first time.

Attenborough and His Animals

Clownfish Theatre has returned to the Edinburgh Fringe with an updated version of their show which saw sell-out audiences in 2019 as well as similar success in Adelaide.

Fred MacAulay in Conversation

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
4th - 16th Aug 2022

Fred MacAulay, one of Scotland’s best-loved stand-ups, is back with his live chat show.

Boris Live at Five

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
4th - 28th Aug 2022

For the fraction of the cost of a fixed penalty notice, pose your question to our fearless leader at this chat-show-cum-Question-Time-cum-work-event (wine/cheese/cake/wallpaper ava…

Paul Black: Self-Care Era

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
4th - 10th Aug 2022

Writer and performer Paul Black brings his theatre show Self-Care Era to the Fringe for the first time.

The Road to Ballina

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
3rd - 28th Aug 2022

Jakko Jakszyk, guitarist/singer with King Crimson, was born Michael Curran.

Jack Docherty: Nothing But

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
3rd - 19th Aug 2022

Jack Docherty, BAFTA award-winning star of Scot Squad and Absolutely, returns to the festival with a tender, playful, darkly comic tale, where he grapples with lost youth, love, fa…

Jon Courtenay: Against The Odds

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum
3rd - 14th Aug 2022

Having triumphed on Britain’s Got Talent, Jon combines comedy, music and drama in a brand-new show exploring the true story of his television success while secretly fighting for hi…

Ben Hart: The Nutshell

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Victor Black
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gilded Balloon at the Museum / Gilded Balloon Teviot
13th Aug, 2019

Fresh off becoming a household name through finishing third in this year's Britain's Got Talent, Ben Hart capitalises on his momentum by returning to the festival where he …

The National Trust Fan Club

The National Trust Fan Club is what happens if you imagine a Dave Gorman show delivered by your bouncy Auntie Joyce and her preoccupation with how to pronounce ‘scone’ (to rhym…

Ronni Ancona and Lewis MacLeod: Just Checking In

Celebrity impression shows have a Marmite-esque quality: whether they are a hit or a failure depends largely on their consumer and there is rarely an 'in between'.